37 Weeks Belly Shot and UPDATE!

Well here we are at 37 weeks!!!! 3 weeks until my due date, but I don't know if we'll make it 3 more weeks! I guess only time will tell.

I had a dr. appt. today and it turns out that I am 1 cm dilated and more than 1/2 way thinned out!!!! I know that doesn't mean I'll go into labor right away, but at least it means that it has all begun! We are truly on our way there!!!!! We are getting so excited!!!!

Baby's Room is READY!

As promised, here are the pics of the baby's room! I LOVE IT!!!!! Thanks to Scott, Debbi, Debbie and Larry for all of their help with getting the crib together and doing all the finishing touches. It looks great!!! And I have to thank my mom for all of her help with the laundry! That was wonderful! :)

OFFICALLY 9 MONTHS PREGNANT!!!

I can't believe that I am already in my 9th month! It's crazy! This last trimester really flew by. I have been really bad about posting anything new, sorry. Life has been very busy with showers and getting the baby's room ready for the arrival. :) I've had all 3 of my showers and they were all so beautiful and perfect! I loved all of them. We received so much stuff! We are very blessed to have such generous friends and family....THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! Thank you cards are getting worked on...you should be getting them soon! ;)

Sandy & Bill came over last weekend and helped us. Sandy and I organized all the gifts and we put them away. While Jeff and Bill put together some of the baby stuff such as the bassinet and swing. So we are getting ready! It's really starting to feel real!

Jeff and I have been attending classes to get better prepared for all of this. We have recently finished up a breastfeeding class and tomorrow is our last Prepared Childbirth class. They have been good so far. We are happy we enrolled in them.

This weekend the Godparents are coming over to help us put the crib together. It's going to be fun! I will take some pictures once it's all done and post them for you all to see. The baby's room is looking so cute!!!!!!! I love it! Then, on Sunday, my mom is coming over to help me wash the huge pile of laundry (baby clothes) and put them away. I feel good that we are actually accomplishing something! Auntie Sandy K. might be stopping over on Sunday, too to check out the baby's room. How exciting! Pretty soon our little munchkin will be here! I can't wait!!!!

Well, here are 2 belly shots that I haven't had a chance to post until now.

This one is from 2/22 - I was 34 Weeks

And this one is the most recent, 3/3 - 35 Weeks

You could see there's a difference. It seems to be protruding out more. I could only imagine how much more it will do that!!! YIKES!

My next Dr appt is on 3/14. This is when they start doing internals and I have to go weekly. So this is officially the home stretch! I'll post more on Friday with a belly shot and update from the doctor. I am curious if I've started to dilate or not!!! This is all getting so exciting!!!! YAY!!!!

31 Weeks!

Well, I have less than 9 weeks to go! It's CRAZY! We're still not done with the baby's room, but it should be done soon.

I've been on my glucose intolerant diet and everything is going ok so far. It's a bit harder to follow on the weekends but I am doing my best.

I went to the doctor and everything is looking good!!!! I am still measuring right where I should be. As far as the glucose thing goes, he said it wasn't that big of a deal and I'll be FINE! So that was a relief! The heartrate this time was 148, so it jumped up a bit. I'm really confused on what this little one could be...boy or girl??? Hmmm...All I know is either way I'm going to be the happiest mommy in the world!!!

Here's an updated belly shot:

UPDATE!

Well, I got my test results back from my 3 hour test (I went in yesterday for it). It turns out that one of my blood draws came back out of the normal range. It should have been below 155 and it was 179...therefore I am considered "glucose intolerant". Luckily, I am not diabetic!!! I do have to go see a dietitian now and follow a special diet. I guess I am a little bummed because I was really hoping that everything would come out OK. Oh well! I guess there is nothing I could do.

Anyway, here is a semi-done updated picture of the baby's room. It is only 1 of the walls. It looks adorable! Auntie Debbie and Uncle Larry did a GREAT job! Thank you!!!

Yikes!

Well, I failed the 1 hour test for gestational diabetes. So I have to go back to the doctor's tomorrow morning at 8:15 for a 3 hour test! I hope that I pass this one! It's going to be a long morning. I cannot eat anything until after the test is complete. I'm going to be starving tomorrow morning.

As for the baby's room, the border will be up tomorrow so I will post a semi-done picture of the room. We still have some work to do, but I'll give an update.

Say your prayers for me for tomorrow's test!!!

3rd Trimester!!! Home stretch!

Well, we are in the home stretch! I can't believe how quickly it is going. I had my doctor's appt. today and everything is going well. I only gained 2 lbs. which was a relief...especially after the holidays!!! At my last appt. I had a weight gain of 10 lbs. in only 4 weeks, so I was worried to see what today would bring. But, luckily all went well!!! Whew! The heartrate today was 135, so I am really starting to wonder if we are having a little boy!!!! I can't wait to find out! I had to take that test for gestational diabetes. It wasn't too bad. I had to drink this stuff that tasted like very potent Sprite, then sit there for an hour and wait for them to draw some blood. They said no news is good news so hopefully I won't be hearing from them this week. Geeze, it's hard to type while crossing my fingers! LOL! I'm at the point now where I have to go for my appointments every 2 weeks. So my next appointment is on January 28th. I guess I'll start doing biweekly belly shots now, too. Speaking of, here some from today (28 Weeks 1 Day):

Here's a shot from the front (notice the line going down my stomach):

The baby's room is currently under construction. Right now, as I type, Jeff is installing the lighting while we wait for Debbie and Larry to get here. They are going to paint the room today. They primed the walls yesterday so today is painting day! It's so exciting. The next step will be the flooring then it'll be all done! YAY!!! Here are some BEFORE pictures...

Yes, currently the walls are PINK. The couple that lived here before us obviously had a little girl. Now the walls are all white from the primer, but once the painting is done they will be yellow, green and white.

The changing table is going to be on that wall to the left of the window. Jeff is installing some wall washers right above where the changing table is going to go. These will be put on a dimmer switch and they will angle so that they reflect off of the wall.

The ceiling fan is coming down and we have a light fixture that we are replacing it with.

The crib will be going on the wall to the left of to the door. All the trim in the room is going to be white along with the door.

Here are the closet doors which will also be white. I am also going to replace the nobs on the doors with something cute. I still have to go shopping for that ;)